Rusty Kinnicutt

Could you ever imagine a Unity Android game that used more than 64K Java methods? Neither could the architects of the Dalvik bytecode. Perhaps they did (I haven’t read the spec) and the blame falls on other elements in your toolchain. The long and short of it is if your game taps against the 64K method limit per DEX file you’re going to need to get down and dirty with your native plugins and/or build workflow. This post will attempt to walk you through the various ways to deal with it. First Things First There’s no shortage of forum posts and blog entries on this subject. The most important takeaway is if you can manage to keep your game comfortably below this number, you will save yourself a lot of trouble. Know Your Plugins The most common way to hit this limit in Unity is through the use of native plugins. Android native plugins are a necessity for almost all Unity games. Unfortunately, some plugins are quite large. Google Play Game Services, for example, is close